Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk urged GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa to exit the New York City race to prevent socialist Zohran Mamdani from winning.
A Mexican national living illegally in the U.S. has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for the vehicular homicide of Washington State Patrol Trooper Christopher Gadd. Raul Benitez-Santana, 33, was convicted in a Snohomish County courtroom earlier this month and received a sentence of 125 months in prison and 18 months of community custody.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has broken her own veto record, rejecting 178 bills during the most recent legislative session—surpassing her 2023 record of 143. While Hobbs signed 264 bills into law, her repeated use of the veto pen has drawn scrutiny for blocking key Republican-led efforts on national security, election integrity, and education reform.
The Madre Fire in California surged to 35,530 acres in under 24 hours, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of the year. Fueled by dry grass, high temperatures, and gusty winds, the blaze erupted Wednesday near State Route 166 east of Santa Maria and is primarily burning through federal lands in San Luis Obispo County.
Arizona Senate Republicans are demanding accountability after a spike in inmate homicides, including the recent death of Indalecio Garcia, who died Monday at a Goodyear hospital. Garcia, an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis, had been serving a sentence for aggravated assault and child molestation since 2022. His death is under investigation and could mark the 11th inmate homicide in the current fiscal year.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) resumed operations on Sunday after a one-day shutdown triggered by direct threats from Hamas. The Trump administration-backed initiative, protected by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), had temporarily closed on Saturday to protect staff and civilians amid escalating hostilities.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on May 9, 2025, during a confrontation at the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Newark, New Jersey.
Two Ukrainian nationals are facing federal charges for allegedly voting illegally in the 2024 U.S. presidential election while not holding American citizenship. The Department of Justice announced that 53-year-old Svitlana Demydenko and her 22-year-old daughter, Yelyzaveta Demydenko, both appeared before a federal judge in West Palm Beach on April 29.
